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Opening day in NH today for Archery Deer / Turkey but temp's in the 80's till Sunday & 70's for the remainder of the 10 day forecast usually highs in the 60's this time of year been hotter in Sept. this year then it has all summer

Still going out this afternoon but will probably be looking for Turkeys

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well was better than expected although I missed a nice doe i guess I really did have to shake out the cobwebs

I clean missed right over her at 26 yards. Despite the high heat the deer were moving good saw 8 total most were between  2:30 & 4:00 that is a lot for this area 5 Doe 2 skippers & 1 Buck

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1st tag filled for NH took a doe Sat evening was a tough track hit her at 7:00PM legal shooting was till 7:30

she ducked & turned just enough as I released so I let her go for an hour then went to look at the area I shot her at. it took 20 minutes to find my arrow or what was left of it only about last 6" were left even with the blue nocturnal  (have to say the blue is the brightest color I have used). got a buddy to come up & help track due to only small amount of blood & did not look like fatal blood was extremely slow going & I was getting discouraged were were on hands & knees searching it was very thick undergrowth do to recent logging just a drop here & there. until my buddy noticed a good spray of blood & said it looks bubbly sure enough looks like lung hit I was feeling better till I went to mark that blood spot it is pitch dark & shined the light & the ground was moving I yelled bees  yup both got stung she ran right though a ground nest we ran a bit to get away from the nest & nock off the remaining bees we had on us. Funny now wasn't then because as I was running I turned to look at my buddy & he his flailing like no tomorrow he had a bee stinging him in his back but was behind his backpack & he got a Charley horse in his leg he didn't know which to take care of first. well after we calmed down we realized we never got a chance to mark the last blood & neither of us were going back to find it so we did a zig zag to try & pick up the blood trail

was fairly easy as it got to be big frothy pools I could see where she stumbled & buddy panned the area with his flashlight & found her all in all she did not go a 100 yards it end up being a high shoulder hit took one lung, liver & through the stomach my broadhead tip was just poking through the skin on the opposite side. I am very happy for recovering her as I was thinking I had only wounded her & goes to show you things can go from good to bad in a sec & vise versa even when the shot looks perfect. Now have a Buck & turkey tag to fill

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Little to warm but temps dropping now but does feel good to be out & seeing deer Oh yeah & connecting

with the bad winter we had it looks like most survived at least on the property I am currently hunting in 4 sits I have seen 25 deer & buddy with one sit saw 4 not one buck but that for some reason is common for this property never a lot of buck sign

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